Friesenwall

Friesenwall is an inner-city street in Cologne whose name recalls the medieval city wall that once ran along this corridor. That fortification, built in the High Middle Ages, was among the most extensive in Europe; when it was demolished in the 19th century, the cleared embankment became the basis for several of Cologne's ring roads. Today Friesenwall functions as a commercial and shopping street within the inner ring, lined with late 19th-century building stock.